My husband and I were unhappy with our service to the
Lord, and we were praying for God's direction in our life. It
seemed that we were not getting any direction from God, so I said to my
husband, "I remember once that I was able to lead a Police Officer
to the Lord in a chat room and it gave me such joy." So I
suggested that we try it. We went into the Yahoo Christian Chat
site. We were fairly new at it as it was a long time ago
that I had been in a chat room.

People began to talk privately with us and wanted to
put us on their messenger list. Most of the people that were
contacting us were from Africa. There seems to be a mighty move of
God there, as most were young men from Nigeria and they said everyone
wants God in their life there. It made me sad to see how our
country does not really want God. I guess it is because we have
everything and don't believe we need God. But in Africa people are
going hungry and aids is a plague there, and there is hope in Jesus, so
they are turning to him.

One message we got was from a young girl, fifteen
years old, in a Liberian refugee camp in Ghana. She said that her
and her 6 year old sister did not have enough food to eat and they
needed clothes. It seemed strange that a she could get on the
internet but not have enough food to eat. As there are many scams
on the internet we were not sure if she was telling the truth to us, but
we felt if she were honest about her situation we would have to do
something about it. She told us that the library there let them go
on the internet. We decided to send $25.00 as it would not hurt us
to send it if the girl was telling us the truth. Inside we both
felt we should send it. That started us off investigating the
situation over there.

The more we dug into information on the web about the
camp, the more we discovered that this girl could be in this desperate
situation. Most web sites were from Christian organizations that
were at the camp, or had been visiting the camp. My husband
started sending e-mails to ministers at the camp and nearby in the city
of Accra, Ghana. We received a couple of replies. In the
mean time the young girl, named Laurine, sent us a message and said that
her sister had been running and hurt her leg, and it was swelling up,
and she asked me what she should do. She said that it cost money
to see a doctor or go to the hospital, and asked if I could send some
money to help her sister. At this this point my suspicious mind
started acting up. I thought she must be just trying to get money
out of us, but what if she were telling the truth. We could not
imagine what it would be like to be in a situation like that, as we were
living in a country that even the poorest have access to hospital care
free of charge.

God kept speaking to us about what if it were true,
could we in good conscious not help these children. We prayed and
told God that we would help if he would confirm their situation was as
Laurine told us it was. We contacted the two pastors and asked
them to check on the girls and see if they were as bad off as were
told. Laurine had given us a Zone number and house number, so we
told the pastors, and both of them did check and they could not find the
house number. We felt that it must be a scam, as they were not at
the place they said they were. But one of the pastors said he
would send her an e-mail to meet him on Sunday, and if she came he would
find out their situation. We felt that this was the perfect way to find
out for sure if it was a true story we were told. To be honest, I
did not think the girl would show up but to my surprise she did meet the
pastor and took him to her little sister, and this his message back to
us:

"Dearest Brother Nelson,
Well, I am so sorry that you are not in the position
physically to see the problems here that both Laurine
and sweet little Comfort is going through.

First and most of all importance, Comfort is a six year
old child that hard a deep fracture in her leg and she
needs immediate treatment, which will include treatment
against tactinus, loss of blood, pains, fever, headache,
etc.

She got that problem when she was out playing with her friends
She is presently in the house in such a pain with the sister
not having the funds to take her to the hospital. I was
deeply touch when I saw the child's problem and also
deeply worry that her sister Laurine do not have money
for the hospital. Really, what she told you was the
truth. I am deeply in great sorrow with them. I also
called a local hospital and presented the child's
condition through a phone call just now and they said
that the treatment would amount to $425.00 United
States Dallors. If this condition continues untreated
the child may loss her leg as I am seeing her present
condition.

Secondly, Laurine and Comfort fled the Liberian civil
war and their mother was killed. They are here living
with friends who assist them with food, clothing and
shelter. They have changed housing because friends with
whom she live with her little sister put them out of
their house. They are presently not in that house that
you give me, that is;z/1/141 because of this
problem. They are not is school and they do not even
have the amount for food and also the fitting
clothing. Really, they are in a bad condition and I just
pray that you will really help them out.

Please reply me soon so that I may know what next to
do.

In Christian service,
Bro.Anthony M.Barlee

What could we do? What would you do? We
don't have a lot of money but if it was one of our children, we would
pay the money whatever it cost, so we did. Because we knew God
brought these children across our path, and His will is for us to help
them. What joy it gives when you touch another life with the love
of God. How spoiled we are in this country. That is what
really hit both my husband and I. We have taken on the responsibility
of these two girls, but the sad thing about it, is that there are
hundreds more in the same situation. My hope is that if you read
this story, it will touch your heart as it did ours and you will
consider getting involved with helping some of the orphans at the
camp. Jesus told us the real evidence that we are true Christians,
is that we help widows and orphans.